The Intestines Of An Unassuming Can Of Paint

I am expecting two boxes, in the thirty pound range, to arrive this afternoon. In the boxes will be about eighty cans of delicious Montana Spray paint. The paint is manufactured in Spain and is shipped to a distributor in San Francisco, which is how I am able to get my hands on it within a day or two. This paint is so awesome. Seriously. And it's not just for graffiti aficionados. Like I said in a previous post about art creating culture, it's no wonder artists have picked up on this paint before the common folk. Artists know what's good before a lot of other people do. So much other spray paint out there is watered down which means you need to lay down a couple of coats to get good coverage. You also get drips because of the paint being watered down. Montana, on the other hand, has a lot more pigment to it making it considerably more opaque than other brands. Surprisingly, it doesn't cost much more. If a can of Krylon is $5 at a place like Michael's Craft Store and up to $6 at a specialty hardware store and a can of Montana is only $6 at my shop then you'd be smart to get the Montana. You'll use less paint for the same job and it will look a lot nicer. Not to mention there are 116 colors available. I'm not writing this with the intention being to promote my shop, but I just can't hide my excitement about this paint. It will be very exciting when people start coming into the shop to buy this paint for uses like painting their old wicker furniture or their new fixed gear bike they found at a garage sale or the antique dresser they found at goodwill or whatever. There are so many uses for it that go beyond graffiti. And I love graffiti, so don't think I'm knocking it. In a small town like this I feel honored to have the opportunity to offer such a great product. To prove a point check out this photo.





I cut this can in half to see what was happening on the inside. As a youngster I imagined paint cans having a fancy reflective metal sphere shaking around inside. Eventually, I cut a Krylon can in half and was disappointed to find a regular old marble. Like a "cat's eye marble". Other than that there was nothing else inside the can. Now, the photo above is of the first Montana can I used to completion. What amazed me was that when it felt empty and sounded empty I was still able to spray a decent amout of paint out the nozzle. It was like a bottomless pit. The can that never ends. When I cut the can open I was pleasantly surprised to find, not one, but two metal spheres inside as well as a straw that attaches to the spray nozzle. This straw is what made me think the can was never ending. When another brand of can stops spraying there is still some paint in the bottom that never gets used, but Montana has systematically solved that problem. You really get more bang (or paint) for your buck. Also, because the marbles inside are actually metal balls you can attach a magnet to the can to be more stealthy. The magnet will keep the balls from shaking around if you're in a situation where you need not be distracted by the sound of metal shaking inside metal. Have you even shaken a can of paint in the quiet of night? It's a loud endeavour, for sure. One that you will most likely want to avoid if you are walking around town with a can of paint in your pocket. Ah, but who really walks around with paint in their pocket?